The past year has been
marked by incredible joy but also of deepest grief and loss . The
great joy was of course the wedding in South Africa between our son
Marcus and Heidi. Now we have a South African daughter in law which
we are so proud and happy with.
The deep grief strock us
in May. Our beloved son Jonas died just the day before my 60th birthday. After 2 weeks in intensive care his body could not
hold out longer. I have previously written about our grief and want
to thank all friends for support and encouragement. Money has been received in a remembrance fund to help school children in Africa with education.
We have helped 3 students during the year and when I visited the
school in Kenya which they named after me we promised to take
responsibility for two talented students for their continued schooling.
The past year has offered
many new experiences. The grief added its curtain at all and
sometimes it feels like there has been no bottom for all tears.
I have traveled
extensively throughout the year. I have taken two groups to Tanzania
and Kenya. On the last trip I had the pleasure to be with
my son Marcus few days. Participants have been so encouraging and positive. In
November, both Anna -Britt and I was pleased to participate in
alignkonferensen in Turkey together with participants from our
partner countries.
Just as the Conference of
Ephesus would begin, the disaster occurred in the Philippines.
Trosgnistans Mission immediately pulled off a relief effort and I went out to the site to follow the work. I have never
experienced such a terrible devastation. But to be able to contribute to
help others has brought us a force in everyday life that makes us to
have find the meaning of life .
The year was characterized
by very earnest but also a little playful. I got to relive the joy of
riding on a motorcycle. In Kenya , I had a motorcycle and drove it often in the bush. Where the car had problems to go I could
always go with the bike. In late summer , I bought a Honda Cb 500, I
got it cheap , although it looked almost brand new. It had not been
used for several years but after that I fixed the carburetors it
moves well.
Now it's soon Christmas Eve and we will celebrate that at our house this year. The loss of Jonas
is painful but we are happy to have our children at home with their
partners . Göran and hs family will join us too.
Sincerely,
David Duveskog
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